De Montfort University secured a 2-0 victory over Leicester University in the League of Legends Varsity Games final at ESL’s Leicester studio yesterday.
De Montfort team Phil Brown’s Boys beat Leicester’s CTC to win the local derby match.
The day kicked off with two rounds of best-of-one matches followed by the best-of-three finals; each university had two teams taking part altogether.
CTC first beat the UoL Tigers earlier on in the day:
The underdogs have defeated UoL Tigers! Amazing scenes @thevarsitygames ESL Studio 1! What did you think? #VGDS https://t.co/nvY5U4YXWH pic.twitter.com/jtj2FTAeJw
— ESL United Kingdom (@ESLUK) March 11, 2017
And Phil Brown’s Boys beat DMU Telecom T1:
Phil Brown’s Boys will be representing DMU against UoL in the final for @thevarsitygames! #VGDS #ULWin or #DMUWin? https://t.co/o7scF6DNL4 pic.twitter.com/gUbl19i6S8
— ESL United Kingdom (@ESLUK) March 11, 2017
You can check out the full VoDs of the event here and here.
Students played and operate all production and broadcast talent positions on the day, from producer to desk host. Esports News UK’s own Cameron Peberdy was stage host for the day.
Lewis from winning team Phil Brown’s Boys said: “We are the best, we’ve wanted this for weeks and we’re really happy to have won.”
#DMUWin have done it! They are officially the best team in Leicester! Amazing day of matches @thevarsitygames today! #VGDS pic.twitter.com/biAKP5CBI7
— ESL United Kingdom (@ESLUK) March 11, 2017
“We are the best, we’ve wanted this for weeks and we’re really happy to have won.”
Host Cameron asked Lewis about a certain Mordekaiser pick.
“We picked Mordekaiser and got that quadra kill in the bot lane, in a four-versus-two or something. That was crazy, we were well hyped after that.
“We’ve never played Mordekaiser before!”
Jungler Kanzashi was selected as the analysts’ MVP for the day.
Phil Brown’s Boys consisted of support LAK4, ADC Blargian, jungler Kanzashi, mid-laner obrowniie and top-laner Geeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
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